"On the subject of slavery . . . I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice...On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. . . . I am in earnest—I will not equivocate—I will not excuse—I will not retreat a single inch—AND I WILL BE HEARD."— William Lloyd Garrison, first issue of abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, January 1831A person who agreed with Garrison's views expressed in the excerpt would most likely have advocated
a. paying slaveholders to gradually free enslaved peopleb. encouraging free Black people to migrate to Africac. the preservation of the Missouri Compromised. immediate emancipation of enslaved people

American abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison created the abolitionist newspaper "The Liberator" in 1831, so its readers probaby agreed with his viewpoint as regard process of slaves being set free from legal, social and political restrictions. In fact, he also helped create the American Anti-Slavery Society, and his journal continued until the slavery system was abolished in 1865.